welcome to congress
Jul. 19th, 2015 07:48 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
imnotrobinCalifornia's 48th has been red for as long as most people can remember but Sam runs a good campaign on the issues and tries his best to deflect everything his opponent throws at him. There's the usual mud-slinging, most of which is fixated on the fact that Sam had once accidentally dated a call girl and then not-so-accidentally continued his friendship with her after he knew her chosen profession.
He thinks it helps that Ainsley's by his side. She makes an excellent candidate's partner and while she's still just his girlfriend, he has a ring in his pocket that's burning a hole and he thinks tonight is the best time to do it. He'll propose to her now, before they call it, and no matter what happens, hopefully she'll be with him through it all.
"Ainsley? Could I borrow you for a moment?" Sam pitches his voice a little lower, just enough to be audible above the excited din of the ballroom they've rented out to hold their party in. It's getting down to the wire, with the votes, and he's still deadlocked with the republican candidate. It might come down to the last few precincts before one or the other of them pulls away.
"Away from the cameras and the people? There's something I wanted to ask...talk to you about."
He thinks it helps that Ainsley's by his side. She makes an excellent candidate's partner and while she's still just his girlfriend, he has a ring in his pocket that's burning a hole and he thinks tonight is the best time to do it. He'll propose to her now, before they call it, and no matter what happens, hopefully she'll be with him through it all.
"Ainsley? Could I borrow you for a moment?" Sam pitches his voice a little lower, just enough to be audible above the excited din of the ballroom they've rented out to hold their party in. It's getting down to the wire, with the votes, and he's still deadlocked with the republican candidate. It might come down to the last few precincts before one or the other of them pulls away.
"Away from the cameras and the people? There's something I wanted to ask...talk to you about."
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Date: 2015-11-17 12:43 am (UTC)"You know that engagement gifts aren't meant to be mutual, Ainsley. The gift is that you've agreed to marry me. You don't have to give me anything else in return." Sam had thought that was just a given but with Ainsley, one never knows.
"Do you so hate being indebted?"
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Date: 2015-11-17 02:31 am (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2015-11-18 10:04 pm (UTC)"Well, yeah, that's a wedding ring," Sam says, grinning at her. "Do you want to plan a trip somewhere? We are probably going to end up being really busy soon but I can squeeze out time for a quick getaway."